we're entering. a breaking news this hour the f.b.i. has arrested british socialite dylan maxwell former partner of jeffrey epstein wanted in connection with sex trafficking charges. but we don't i'm kemal santa maria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera . the popular ethiopian singer whose murder spot 2 days of violence is laid to rest in his hometown. also more than 100 minus i killed in a landslide in may in ma the worst accident of its kind in here. and an icon of

istanbul's skyline a powerful symbol of turkish history to the decision is now pending to turn the status of the i use of fear back into a most. so sudden with that breaking news out of the united states a woman accused of under-age girls for the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has herself now been arrested by the f.b.i. the british socialite elaine maxwell is accused by multiple women of recruiting them for epstein and his friends to abuse jeffrey epstein you remember took his own life in prison while awaiting trial in august of last year more details now with gabriel elizondo who's following the story from new york deborah. yes we're being told that the rain maxwell was arrested in new hampshire which is the state use

most of new york city early this morning on this thursday morning. she has in custody by the f.b.i. we're expected to hear more from the southern district of new york prosecutors here within the next hour or so the u.s. has unsealed the indictment against maxwell and maxwell is charged in its 6 count indictment among other things he is charged with conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engaging in illegal sex acts among other things maxwell was a longtime close confidante of the now deceased disgraced financier. jeffrey steen who took his own life in a new york prison last august while he was waiting trial in federal sex trafficking charges maxwell was a long time associate of him and she had been pretty much missing for several

several months not seen anywhere investigators in many countries had been looking for her trying to find her but clearly the f.b.i. was able to locate her and arrest her it's important to point out that this case does have an international ramification because. it beats all the way to many different countries because of the circles that that meaning in maxwell travels in of course all the way to the united kingdom where. where prince prince andrew has been accused and he denies any association but he's been accused of being part of the associates of epstein as well so you pointed out that killing metro's been laying pretty low. for the last well almost a year i guess since jeffrey epstein took is on life in prison is that to say that the story went away for a while or is this maintained its momentum in the united states even with everything else that's going along. it's going away for

a while quite frankly with everything going on in the united states especially in the last 6 months or so with the presidential election with coronavirus the last 6 months or sell 5 or 6 months we have not heard a lot about hearing maxwell quite frankly in time did take his own life hung himself apparently in a prison in a jail awaiting trial last august there's not been a lot about this in the u.s. in the last few months to law enforcement officials perhaps maybe seized on that to track her down but she clearly has not made any public appearances for as you mentioned almost a year now so this arrest of her certainly came as a big surprise no one was quite expecting it ok so gabriel elizondo with that breaking news out of the united states the arrest of maxwell by the f.b.i. the longtime confident of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein onto other news and emotions are running high and ethiopia's capital at

a sob about following the murder of popular singer and activists. funeral services have taken place in his hometown of a very somber moment in what's actually been a tumultuous few days more than 80 people killed during the protests that followed his death on monday included several police officers as well the military has been deployed in order to prevent ethnic violence now the prime minister has said the singer was assassinated as part of a plot to divide the country and he has blamed these are his words external forces using local activists well earlier we spoke to believe in so you know who is a spokesperson for the ethiopian prime minister's office she addressed some of these calls for political reform that have come out of the protests. the government over the past will have years has been taking or undertaking critical reforms now one of the things we have to bear in mind is that this administration has a very broken system and

a lot of grievances that had been accumulating over several years and these grievances have not had a chance to express themselves within the past 202829 years so this administration having come into place over the past 2 and a half years has been really trying to unlock a lot of the next situation right now the government is in control there are functions of that submachine law and order are in place as well the and the very deliberate intentional action for the government to be dispensing its responsibility of semi playing rule of law and stability bit of analysis now from wall who we spoke to earlier he's a senior lecturer at q university an analyst on the horn of africa he explains the taliban death of political significance. this government killed to power on the power of the circle fison the struggle of the only people in which her job was

sought instrument of. this that we would not have the kind of what we know that in that we had between 20152018. without the autumn leaves protesting we would not have had the political change that have happened when he brought the current prime minister into power and since coming to power the current prime minister do not really have to act as some of the fundamental questions of the world was what a very long period of time it's a key question on the us in the fundamental question the force of you asking her movie answered some of the statistics that the prime minister have taken really under the number of people so what we saw after the day of rage open is that you know he used so much towering figure it was already it could ignite you know significant level of anger but also of the actual issue of all laws

expectations that really didn't go in it didn't materialize there are still the countries used in terms of you know all of use their words the system so it is all those frustrated that are boiling in. a landslide at the jade mine in me and mars killed at least $123.00 workers part of waste collapsed into a lake burying miners in a wave of muddy water the disaster in the mineral rich account region follows days of heavy rain. latest job figures from the united states have just been released and it seems that things are looking up at least in the short term the headline number 4800000 positions added as the states began opening up u.s. president obama trump quick to claim the job creation victory short go he said the new employment numbers prove the economy is roaring back to life this is not just luck what's happening this is a lot of talent all of this incredible news is the result of historic actions my

administration has taken working with our partners in congress to rescue the u.s. economy from a horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here and they could have stopped it they could have stopped it. nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know it. so that's what the president said kimberly what do you mean more to the point what does the numbers what do the numbers actually mean. how the numbers mean that there was a bit of an improvement as the economy has reopened around the united states we saw that people were getting back to work in the hospitality sector retail restaurant and in fact this snapshot also has another good headline and that is that the unemployment rate that number we usually get out of friday came a day early because the holiday weekend and it showed that the unemployment rate is

lower than expected 11 point one percent and it was exactly 12.4 here's the problem with all these numbers they were based on data collected in the middle of june it's now july and of course we've seen some record setting in terms of the spike in cases of fraud a virus so these numbers are not reflective of the picture we're seeing right now and while the president is excited about this he's running for re-election and he's hoping to win again on a strong economy that's been devastated by coke that 19 these numbers are really accurate of where things are trending now could that turn around yes but the problem is is that again we're seeing some records also being set in terms of the spike in cases and that's a real problem for a president this trying to tout strong numbers and the economy that's coming back you know let's stay on those kind of numbers for a moment kimberly i think 2 days ago it was 43000 new cases yesterday it was 50000 plus one month of good economic data can offset that reality and what don't times

leave out she was saying it could be up to $100000.00 cases a day. yeah and you know there are a number of local officials that are really clenching their fists and teeth right now i notice a patient of this july 4th holiday weekend as the end of independence day holiday here in the united states americans traditionally celebrated outdoors with families they have big barbecues and parties and they're really fearing this could be a super spreader type of bed all across the country that will allow for 2 weeks from now even bigger higher numbers so what they're saying is look at we need to turn things around we're seeing curfews putting in places like miami beach we're seeing plaid reopening of restaurants in new york city being scaled back and we're seeing spikes in big states where people go to vacation like florida and arizona so this is a real problem a real concern and a real problem for a president again that is touting these strong economic numbers but the reality very different we're seeing the spike in front of virus cases is out the white

house thank you kimberly russians have backed changes to their constitution that would allow president vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036 the electoral commission says almost 78 percent of people voted in favor of the amendments but they've been claims of irregularities as well at the polls including from an election. rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have said they will work together to fight against israel's an accession plans for the occupied west bank for the secretary general has been speaking in ramallah where he said there is a national consensus against an accession comments which come a day off to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was due to launch the process that has been delayed as high level talks on the issue continue to be held we are united and we will. the tactics on the ground the 6. go to doing to these are the

actions these that are easily. be heavy us that israeli way of trying to destroy trying to do this coalition and so on as therefore intifada for us is it mean the end is to in the occupation the end is to end and to remove the annexation from the table. well i'll take the headlines in just a moment and then the fight for racial justice in the united states renews pressure to change the name of washington's football team.

this season all rains continue to cause problems across central parts of china still lots of clouds showing up here driving for the race was pushing on towards japan and we are going to see that western weather skirting with the far south and east of japan as we go on through the next couple of days to make the most of any driver that you do get here over the next 24 to 48 hours there we go with the next pulse of heavy rain just pushing up all now my you front that will bring some very heavy rain into q 2 north of that fine in frightful much of south korea that a few showers into north korea maybe a few showers to the northern parts of china the west the weather will continue to cross the central parts of china and also sliding across the southern and eastern parts of japan probably a showers meanwhile across southeast asia the heaviest of which are north of the equator but the still seeing some live the rain over towards civil way see one or 2 showers to southern parts of smart to the west the weather is further north pushing up towards india china lobby showers there into cambodia into myanmar through

thailand still seeing some very heavy rain into the fall north of bangladesh pushing up towards bhutan some heavy showers to standing their way across a good part of nepal and the heaviest rain for the west and dance. for. joy no global community because the price is just slapped is the phrase blessing upon my thing upon my human equals global house keeping you up to date with boys. where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond help crisis your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportunity that we must go miss the stream on al-jazeera.

here with al jazeera these are the top stories this hour a woman in the u.s. accused of the curing underage girls for the convicted convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has herself been arrested by the f.b.i. british socialite glenn maxwell has been accused by multiple women of recruiting them for epstein and his friends use. tension remains high in ethiopia 3 days after a popular singer and activist was murdered the child has been laid to rest following a funeral in his home town of just west of the. u.s. president donald trump says the latest jobs numbers prove the economy is roaring back to life after taking a hit from the coronavirus 4800000 positions were added and the unemployment rate

is falling as more businesses reopen. china is refusing to back away from enforcing its strict new security law on hong kong despite mounting pressure from countries like the u.s. and the u.k. several people were arrested under the law on wednesday with many residents now worried this is the end of hong kong's autonomy as they know it as international criticism grows beijing's warning others to stay out of its affairs this report from devika pollen in hong kong. the new liam acted national security law has already been used against some of the thousands of protesters who defied warnings and took to the streets on july the 1st the 23rd anniversary of the handover from british colonial rule many are questioning the legislation's reach and how it's going to be enforced. chinese president xi jinping passed the law after it was drafted in record time in beijing hong kong's legislative councilors legal experts and academics who would normally be involved in writing the law saw the text for

the 1st time after it was an acted legislative council and barrister tanya chan is concerned that the law could be open to interpretation by police and prosecutors based on the chinese national security law national security covers a very wide range of activities including something related to economy religion. education media internet all these things will be included the law targets crimes defined as subversion sedition terrorism and collusion with foreign powers with the maximum penalty of life in prison but you know all bunkum needs national security law to suppress those troublemakers those traitors i believe we need the national security law to stay prosperous hong kong and the chinese government say the law is necessary to restore order in the special administrative region where anti-government street protests made the headlines worldwide the

government and parts of the business sector have been trying to rally support for the new law saying it will bring stability to the city in fact the floating banner behind me celebrates the enactment of the law but there are concerns that it could put the city status as an international financial center at risk at least $27.00 countries have echoed concerns that hong kong's freedoms and rule of law are at risk britain's prime minister says the legislation is a serious breach of the 1997 handover agreement which guaranteed freedom and autonomy for 50 years and china's warning of consequences if the british government changes overseas passport rules to offer a path to citizenship for nearly half of hong kong's population. we reiterate that hong kong affairs of china's internal affairs and foreign countries have no right to interfere for many in hong kong it's a new era one which brings the way they're governed and the legal system closer to

the rest of china the bigger pollin hong kong. now we are going to return to a story we had to leave us in the last hour but we do want to go back to the push for racial justice in the u.s. which is putting renewed pressure on the washington redskins football team to change its names activists of long september redskins is racist offensive to native americans and fisher has a report from washington. the calls for change are getting louder religious groups community organizations even mir's and president of called the name used by the american football team in washington racist offensive and outdated. the team says it has no plans to change i don't think they can understand. pain it causes us. the feelings that we have when someone uses that term. i think understanding the historical nature that term and what it meant. is how

the closeness they can try and get but i would hope they could try and understand the name came from bone to use placed on native americans in the 1800s money would only be paid out for the bloodied skins of dead men women and children. across the country in the wake of george boyd's killing prompted many companies into a rethink of names brands and imagery sports organizations issued statements of support but have been slow to follow words with actions speaking on a sports radio show this week the team's new head coach ron rivera said he wasn't pushing the issue adding i think that's a discussion for another time i think it's all about the moment and the timing this is the stadium where the football team in washington used to play its games there was a statue to the man who brought that into the city but he pulled it down he was a segregationist a man who refused to integrate black players into his team until the last possible moment and critics say by refusing to change the name the team is once again on the

wrong side of history and they're willing to say racism against the americans. ok and that's really you know the conversation that we're having right now and it's really about the washington team it's sort of cherry picking what kinds of racism they're going to stand against. and in sort of riding the wave of the moment when they are you know endorsing this racist name in these races the team had a twitter blackout recently in support of the ongoing protests the unit insists he's not changing the name never is the word he's used in the past week the national football league condemn racism the national football league has acknowledged there's change in the air and never might come sooner than he thinks alan fischer al-jazeera washington. place have been with us now an assistant professor at the university here and whose work focuses on the relationship between sport and culture thank you for sticking around with us can talk to you last hour unfortunately so on the issue of the redskins specifically if not now

when i mean look at the move in a moment you've got outdated caricature is on on on pancake syrup and rice products being changed and this one issue which keeps coming up of the redskins i want. yeah it's an interesting one and it's probably the most potent example of acceptable racism it seems in america at the moment. n.f.l. teams and the redskins obviously they're a unique case in sport and that the teams are very much own privately by the guys in charge like dan snyder who has said this is mine i'm not going to change it the redskins name to him is something more than just a name it's at that age of identity so he is very adamant. your reporter just said there that it's never going to change to answer your question if not now when. that's a big question. he would have to be leaned upon i think but

a number of parties including the n.f.l. and the other owners to make that change until the end if it actually said to him we think now is the time and majority of the rest of the owners in the league say ok let's make positive change i really can't see it happening in the short term and yet when you actually look at the sporting landscape in the united states. a majority certainly of sportsmen and sportswomen as well are nonwhite themselves you look at the basketball players in football players there obviously they shouldn't be signs of racism but you've got actually a majority of non white sportsmen and women that you know this is it is going to take the n.f.l. as an example less than 30 percent of the players are actually white but there's a massive discrepancy when you go into the management and the coaching area of the game whereas less than 10 percent are approximately 10 percent of the headquarters

in the n.f.l. are there african-american are latino so you have this big i suppose discrepancy between the playing staff and the coaching staff that must be overcome. and. it's something that the n.f.l. has been heavily criticized for over the last 1015 years or so which and it led to the implementation in 2003 of the rooney rule which insisted that you must have at least one. candidate from a net minority interviewed for a head coaching position or an executive position but this rule has been taken to endure abuse by many teams who have often just interviewed a talk and candidate to check a box. and i'm glad we could talk to you about this issue thanks for taking the time today. nor is thank you if you have been to istanbul as a very good chance you've seen or visited this most famous of landmarks the i use the fear these days it's

a museum but it was once the biggest christian cathedral in the world for nearly 1000 years before it was turned into a mosque and that could be where its future lives as well the government wants to reopen it as a mosque a move that's adding to tensions with neighbors greece as well as the orthodox church turkey's top court is holding a hearing on the plan which the foreign minister cites as a matter of national sovereignty and of course he only has a report from istanbul. once a church later a mosque and now a museum i also feel has always been precious and sacred for both christians and muslims built as a church in the 6th century they are sufi i was converted into a mosque after the conquering of what was constantinople in 1453 then turned into me as seen by my stuff i can my utter following the foundation of the turkish republic in 1923 now the turkish government wants to alter its status from the c.m.

to mosque reopening go for sophia for she means and get to read demonstration of respect on our site for the world which establishes in the woman's . it's the same time it's a token of gratitude and loyalty to the spiritual person i wish of fulton fathi the conqueror. i also feel i support of the unesco world heritage which forms the stumbles famous skyline it's been a museum since 1935. there are many in church and turkey stays by a sufi as should be open to worship for both christians and muslims and your thoughts christian church is concerned that the transformation from birth of over 8 years will we drove was really bizarre boiled millions of wreaths years around the wall and the years of here we've used reeds so this is the

vitals the word used is a member is the worst really thrive to these 2. present project a fire dance say as i also feel i can function like the nearby blue mosque opened today in the prayers and tourists at the same time came to put in turkey a muslim country we are free to worship anywhere we want no one has any say on it. petitions were signed by the turks to support the conversion but there are opponents you do a lot of work you don't this is sad a blow to our tourism i believe is not good for turkey the problem original point is sophia to a mosque is a popular discussion in turkey and has support from the public along with the nationalist and conservative parties until last year president adam stayed out of the debate how ever he is very vocal about it now many believe it's

a political move especially given the rising tension between turkey and greece in the eastern mediterranean after part of the court on about contests was resigned to deny a sophia last month the greek foreign minister said it insults at the religious feelings of christians the turkish government says i also feel is a domestic issue not to be interfered with al-jazeera a stumble just a couple of other stories the global movement against police brutality is being felt in india where 5 policemen have been arrested over the deaths of a father and son the men aged $59.31 died 2 days after being released from police custody have been picked up for breaking the code in $1000.00 locked down rules in tamil nadu state their family claim the pair were violently beaten while in custody as we say 5 officers now are charged with murder the deaths sparked outrage across india and a social media campaign as well calling for justice and firefighters reinforcements

are being flown into the russian arctic to put out huge wildfires strong winds of fanned the flames in siberia which is having one of its hottest summers on record a 1000000 hectares of forest has already been destroyed despite the efforts of around 800 firefighters. the hour on al-jazeera will take you through the headlines the breaking news in fact this hour the woman in the u.s. accused of put your ring under-age girls for convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein she has now been arrested by the f.b.i. british socialite dylan maxwell accused by multiple women of recruiting them for epstein and his friends to abuse jeffrey epstein himself took his own life in prison while awaiting trial last august tension remains high an ethiopian 3 days after a popular singer and activist was murdered

a child and this has been laid to rest following a funeral in his hometown of just west of. a landslide of the jade mine in maine ma has killed at least $123.00 work has a pile of waste collapsed into a lake burying mine is in a wave of muddy water the disaster in the mineral rich region for those days of heavy rain. this president donald trump says that his jobs figures prove the u.s. economy is roaring back to life after taking a hit from the coronavirus pandemic 4800000 positions were added and the unemployment rate is falling as more businesses reopen trump quick to claim the jobs creation victory this is not just luck what's happening this is a lot of talent all of this incredible losers the result of historic actions my administration has taken working with our partners in congress to rescue the u.s. economy from a horrible event that was formed took place in china and came here they could have

stopped it they could have stopped it. nobody likes to write that but they could have stopped it they know it and i know that. russians have backed changes to the constitution that would allow president vladimir putin to stay in power until 2036 their actual commission says almost 78 percent of people voted in favor of the amendments but there have been claims of irregularities at the polls including from an election monitor in front of the rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have said they will work together to fight against israel's an exception lines for the occupied west bank secretary-general jabril has been speaking in ramallah where he said there is a national consensus against an accession that's me for today thanks for your company has got you news hour in about half an hour's time as protests rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take

a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on a just. if you want to help save the world. i am for me ok you're watching news stream yemen is in the midst of a. civil war millions of people in yemen need aid and protection but are they getting it the answer is obviously no as we delve into the conversation about what is happening in yemen i want you to see.